Los medicamentos que inhiben las proteínas TMEM16 bloquean la sincitia inducida por el pico del SARS-CoV-2

Luca Braga1, Hashim Ali1, Ilaria Secco1

  • 1King's College London, British Heart Foundation Centre of Research Excellence, School of Cardiovascular Medicine & Sciences, London, UK.

Nature
|April 7, 2021
PubMed
Resumen

Los investigadores descubrieron que la proteína del pico del SARS-CoV-2 hace que las células del pulmón se fusionen, formando sincias. El fármaco niclosamida inhibe efectivamente esta fusión, lo que sugiere su potencial para tratar el COVID-19 apuntando a este mecanismo específico.

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